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Pl'SSrePRSSEaCrT? a 9 4- THE ADVERTISED THE ADVERTISER 6- VT. rAIEBBVTHES. T. C HACSIE. fAIRDROTUER & HACKER, Publishers unci Proprietors. suDlished Every Thursd ay Morning AT KROWNV1LLK, 5TEBRASKA. TBR3IS, IN ADVANCE t inecopjr. uweyesr .SI 50 . X OO SO jne copy, sir xaeats One copy, three merits- Ko pe" sent ftim the olBce on tU paid far. REaDISG 3IAQER OyETERYPASE X$- BROWVTLZB TECE LAST WEEbLQFMACH 3IOSTH. EWS DENTIST, BROtVXTILLE, lEBIUSKJl, E. HTJDDARTS Peace -and Quiet Saloon ! mm AND BILLIARD HAIL ?RA2TZ HE-USHER, f AGON &JLACKSKSITHHOP GKE DOOR VET OF CHUF.T HOUSE. TTAGON MAKING. Repairing, V Plows, and all work done In the best manner aad or soart notice. SatjafectioB eaaran ged Wire aimta,U r3-ly. 'old reliable meat market BODY & BSO., BUTCHERS. SROTFXYIXIUE. XESRASEA. Good, Sweet, SresB. Meat Always ob band. aad satWhetloa guar antied to all easterners. MERCHANT TAILOR, &c deI?r in r isetarlkk.Fr'ai'a. Sretcfe asd Fssk-j Clths, Tescss. Etc, Etc. I5roT5-n-tle. IVebraska. HAVE TOTJ SSEH fTT2 FT III 2s! if1 ph Having purci.Rel t)e "ELEPHANT-' ID FEED ST I -wtsh to annnnnee that I am prepRred to .' C-j a first classs Uverj tas:aes.. 7o7? Rogers. CITYHOTEL Tenth street, between Faraaai aadHaraey, Omaha, IVel. rs ypA-R THE BtEESXSS CENTRE -07 THE J. city Tanfetofczfag.gBn7Tr.tftnafl i .... ;iAr tHwiwwtoi ggliiiL fcrttii &ZVfcr&m v Ea.it. West. North an$:-aui. We solicit a snare of ' ine pazronaee irofu. -Kitm .ira-,.o t C 5.Jnrors.oranyparu3 reixaiiitis- irl zh usany ienslt. of tjne. E. -T. P A G E, Proprietor. A. D. Marsh CLOTHES. Ie will Color or Dye yonr COAT, TEST or PASTS, in the best style."3VlU Dye. Ladies' Snavrls; -will ta&8 all tUe Spots out of Gents' Garment? and press them np lS good shape ; -will re pair Garments, and -warrant to give entire satis faction; and tv ill cut and make gentlemen's elothes. Equaled by Few, Exeelied by Nons Shop in Alex. Rohlnson'a old stand, next door to Roy's Furniture Store. Clocks, Watches, Jewelry JOSEPH SHTJTZ, Ho. 59 Mnis Street Browjivillc. r Keeps eoanantly on haadakirreaadwell V6 assorted stock of geaatBe articles In his line IT JC Repairing ef Clocks. Watcbes ana Jewelry " " dene on anortaeaee. at reasoaaWe rates. JLLL WORK WARRANTED. IB. STEOBLE, AT -0TH? BATTF.RIT, Iealer la FAMILY GEOGEBIES, TEAS, CAXXED FEflTf, CADDIES, Glassware. Woodenware, TOBACCO. CIRAES.jTEERSnTArX PIPES. A5D A.-D.MAESHj TAXLOR, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. Cutting, or Cuttlntr and -3akln . done to order on short notice and at reasonable prices. Ha had lone; experience and can -srarrant satlsfactlor. Call at his shop at --esldence on Atlantic street. B.F.SOTJDEE ilancfactsrer and Isaler ia HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS,! U COLXABS bkh:les, Z15 K PADS, BBESHtS, BLANKETS, , . Hobe5r &c. BROWXTILLE, XEBRASK.4. 'x.ssctr-air made ssods tntaatly n baad: MATH i1ii!liUl,9rf Ki' II KB! DYEING- iUoafyluiil uil ESTABLISHED 1556. 1 Oldest Payer is tka State HnasMMBaaannHMaBK PROFESSIONAL CAHDS. s. A. 05BORN ATTORNEY AT LAW. , OSiee wtta W. T. Rogers. Bmwnrte, Seh. T. L. SCHICK, ATTORSET.ATIiiW. 3Iar be eensaited i the German toasa&ge. Of- Bee next dftor t Oaettlv Cleric's OQee. Caart Heaee BulWiBe;.BrewBvme,2JeBrafca. I S. STTJLL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, OSce,eer7ItHHiJtere.Brewns-ille.2feb. . T H. BROADY, 'Attorney ajid Conmelor at Law, OffieoverStat Baafc.Bre'wavlUe.yeB. IE W . THOMAS ,. ATTORXEr AT LAW. Office. In fnt reeia ever ShstzJsJeveJry Store, BroTKrBTnJe.Keb. TTT T. ROGERS. ' T T . Attorney- and Connieior at iavr. Will sire dllteBt attention to ayle rlhe t -entrusted to bK care. OSce la Cart rUaseBalld lBsr.Bre'miviUe.Neh. A 3. HOLLADAY, physician, Surgeon and Obstetrician. Graduated in JSSL Lacat-d in BrawavSIe 1585. Special attention "W l Obstetric ad diseases orKwteg and Children. OSce.-n Jt&la street. XT L. MATHEWS, 'PHTSICIAX AXD SURGEON". Office In City Drag: Stere.32 Mala street. Bretcn vil)e.2eb. p AT. CLtXE, m RlSmOXABLE BOOT A5D SHOE XAKER m CUSTOX WORK raade to order, aad fits al-xav? (Harantl- Repalrl? ae&tly &mi promptly dose. Soap. Ko. r: if aiB street, BrowBTiile.eb. J W. GIB50X, BLACKSMITH A3TD HORSE SHOER. Work doae w mrtfer ad nMlfoB caaraateed First street, betweea 3fata aad Atiaartc. Brews. vllhf,5A J. S. BAUER, Itsintectarer aal Dealer la H Biaalzets. BrashesEly 2fes, &e iST Repolriajr done on trort -nfcHee. ?ae cel brated Vacnnm OU BlacfciBi for preserving Har- aess. Boots. snoes.itcaiwTiva on aans. 64 5iain St., BroiTOTille, Xeb. STT2DAB.T3 GROCERY I PR0YIS10H STORE. Second door east of Post Offlce, BROIYXTIXI.E, NEBRASKA. PHOTOGBiP! Main Street, K"o f Up stair? over "VTHcberlr Smith's Barbershop. i BROlvynUE, SEBRASKA. Intake every size or style of plctare tie irert- Life-size Dbotosraibs a frneclalty Every pains taken to give pleasing and be coming positions. 2one bat . PIRST C3LASS WOES allowed to leave my caliery- A fall assort ment of PICTURE FRAMES, of all styles and erados on nand. ALBUMS. LOCKETS SSrT Person;" wLshine Photocrapn work done In tbe best style, at lowest "prices, should not fall to call and see for themselves. P. M. ZOOK. A- SOZBZSOZLST :f2 gy t's-r .jy-f OPTS AND SHOE CtSTOlT. WORK SJDSJDIE TO ORT33ETS. Repntrlngneatlydone. 2Te.5SiIaln3treei.Browa! vWefeS. UNDERTAKE liiii 3 Keeps a fall Hue cl wmmmm COrSTAXTLT CCT HAXB. 5G Xaln Street BR0Y. llLLEj XEB. x 22fe?k !n n x ,a?j LJLI . rilii7 - III r x . . t:, -' --s. '-m e? w Lf i am a mzxi m z i t '""sJjjSr i GALLERY! kcSELvXa H-fe&aKMESftafcB n tilMLM.Ktf ik Safi- -ir?C R - -Sfc 3 ::li fPaf I lz&S:- i . i mb ITKAT.KTtlT mM s mz MsSCml lajESgyvTg'.AL.Pff"! THE MYSTERY: OB "Wlio "Will SaTe "jETe? CHAPTER XXVIIL TliTE TTORKS AVOKDERS. Five years Five years may eometiiiie3 do as much as fifty in the marvellous chang es they worfe. Changes very startling, to see, being, even in private life, nearly as great as those which topple off the the crownH of emperors, and vrith a pen of steel divide and re-divide the European map. The shuttle of Time weaves swift ly, with a mingled woof, threaded with brightness and laughter, with sorrow, despair, and tears. Very swifc, indeed have been the many miracles which time has worked with the several personages of our story ; yet the old graybeard, whose cradle is unknown and whose resting place will be eternity, has scarcely ev er labored so hard as he has done in this instance. Oh I the chances and Changes of Human Life ! Full of pome new ambition, money getting, or wh&t not, we say adieu to the old familiar faces, and start off on some 'distant expedition, to encounter fresh expperiences of the hardships and uncertainties of life, yet all the while we espect to find everything unchanged when we return. The child with the same tottering feet and softh'-clasping hands ; the maiden with the lightsome steps and modest downcast glanee; the man whether i friend or enemy the same aSever, an- ' altered by years. We expect all this and we are always disappointed ! The chiM has blossomed into the maiden ; the maiden has become a wife; the man, weary with the world and Its ceaseless care?, absorb ed in the cruel battle of life, forgetting the absent, as, by the absent he is content to be forgotten. The curtain has faiien over the first portion of the drama we have unfold ed before the reader ; but it rises again, with a five year's interval, up on the same characters, changed in position greatly changed, most of them but In heart? Well, the hu- man heart, be it bad or good, remains much the same, and Jive hundred cetltnTnPCrcCTCtnot'OacnaCgwtCZ. We will call the muster roll, or, rather, after our own wayward fash Ion, recall both friends and enemies Into being as circumstances require. To begin with, let us make a rapid change of scene. In place of thesloriri-riven night and dreary churchyard, we find our- i selves upon a well-kept lawn, apper i taining to a charming villa residence in the neighborhood of Richmond. Laid out with all that perfection of gardening taste hever to be found out of England, the lawn slopes down to the river, which, beneath drooping willows, ami amidst whispering rush es, glides by in rippling, shining beauty. Beds of flowers, archways of grace ful iron-work, covered with drooping plants, and leading to shrubberies, artfully contrived to deceive the eye, and give a greater magnitude to the groundsthan they really possessed. Seats are placed everywhere about so as to command from a dozen different points oharming views of the river, with its crowds of pretty sailing-boats and gliding wherries. The name of this very desirable prop erty to.use an auctioneer's phraseol ogy is Holly Bank : and its proprie torthat comfortable-looking, bald headed old gentleman, seated in one of the garden-chain? near the water's edge is Mr. Framptodj barrister-at-law, late of King's Bench Walk, f Temple. The young lady with thg roguish eyes, black a3 sloes, and cheeks red as roses, is hi3 daughter; MIs3 Katel Frampton, a buxom, jolly girl of eighteen, accomplished, clever, and "sweet 33 English air could make her." She is engaged in teasing a diminu tive Scotch terrier, which she holds j in ner arms ; wnne ner ratner, ciose to whose chair she is standing, is reading or endeavoring to read a bolky volume, in tfingr parchment covers. "My dear, will you leave off teas ing that dog i'' said Mr. Frampton, somewhat petulantly. "How is it possible for me to read a line with all that talking, snapping, and growl- ;ing?" "Don't read a line, then. Im sure i it will do you much more good to ljuje txuu iiiaj vyilu iiuj uuu uic; "Play with a saucy hussy and a lap dog at my time of life, too !" And the old lawyer.wjth a vain en deavor at a frown, wes about to re sume bis reading, when the prettv i J while Tiny's hirsute muzzle appeared , over the other.- .- "Now don't bo cross, or I'll make I Tiny bite" you ! Besides, why do you , read such nasty books V "S'asty?" f "I mean hooks rn such greasy cov i era. I adore fancy binding, as I like j to see well-drpssed menk' "And with both, the binding Is of ten the best part about them. -3Tow, do be quiet, Kate, or you'll drive me Indoors with your folly." She bad taken the .book ,ont -of his hands, and was reading the title page. i KHIWOBTH BRDWYILLE, NEBRASKA, TBUSSDAY, APRIL -5, iS77. '"Property with gome Bernard upon Wills, Executore. and Trus tees!' Oh, what a horrid book! Who on earth could spend their time In writing Pu'ch trash? It's an awful book ! Here, Tiny, come and bite it." Mr. Frampton looked grave for a mo ment, then his features relaxed into a Emile, which soon became a laugh, as Kate waltzed about his chair, holding the book behind her back, the little terrier, as mad with good spirits as hereelf, leaping and barking around her. "Yon're a spoilt jade," he saidj "and I'm afraid It's too late for me to attempt your reformation. I must leave that to your husband ; which reminds me, by the way, that Ever ard and a friend Of his. a llr. Jeffer son Fane, dine with us this evening. "Mr. Jeffer3onFane! I hope he's a nice man I mean one that can talk about something else but law, law", law ; and musty, fusty old deeds and dodges, as you and Everard tre never tired of doing. Is he an American?" "An American, a surgeon and a man of science; like most of his Countrymen, he is a citizen of the world, and has seen much of many countries. He was in India for some years, then served under the ill-fated Empror Maximilian during the Mex ican war; so he'll have plenty to tell you that is, if you can listen to any body but yourself; but, "Katey dear," and bere Mr. Frampton's tone became a little more serious, "I must not hear you speak slightingly of Mr. Everard Corbett ; next to yourself, he i3 dear er to me than any other upon earth a nobler and a more promising young fellow doesn't exist; besides, he is your affianced husband,' and I have set ray heart upon the matuh." Kate Frampton shrugged ber pret ty shoulders, and pouted her cheery Iipf. "I wish he wasn't so very grave so always serious. I mean, whenever he is gay, it is only for a minute or two, and, as It were, In spite of him self." "Everard, a3 yriu Rnow; my dear, sustained a great loss Eome five years ago." "Oh! yes, yes; I know all about that, but, of bourse, I can't, as No. 2, pretend to be deeply interested. J a man's heart is in the coffin of a dear departed, it should be allowed to rest there. It's a most Irritating thing to know you're only beng made love to second-hand." "For shame! I fear that the heart lofLso true and good a man as Everard boMew-is-.aaty jnroa assny.apom.fc - j fc , trifling coquette like you Kate Franipton saw that her father was really angry, and in a moment, her soft arms were about his neck, her lips upon his cheek, herself perched lovingly upon his knee. And there we shall leave them, sitting happy in each others' love, Tiny growling jeal ously at intervals, and the dingy law book lying unregarded in the grass at the old lawyer's feet. From Richmond to the Temple la not far a journey either by cab or rail of "less than no time ;" but what a change from the flowery lawn and shining river, as we mount the stairs that is, the reader and ourselves mount them, invisible Of course, and pause before a huge, darkly-painted, oaken door, on which appears, in let ters some four inches long, the name of Mr. Everard Cbrbett. Mr. Everard Corbett, who already has made a name at the Bar, a name which bids fair, iu time to come, to be a great one by the power of his own talents, andunder the loving guidance of his old friend aud future father-in-law, Jjyttleton Frampton, whose for mer rooms he now rents, and where at the present moment; he is enter taining with sherry and biscuits the American gentleman alluded to in the commencement of thw chapter. They are smoking, of course; the American gentleman bronzed with travel, keen-eyed, and "bearded like pard," Is gracefully leaning back in his chair, which is tilted against the wall, while his legs, or rather his boot heels, repose upon a table crowded with ddcument3 of every kind, and littered with books, evidently, to judge by their sallow outsldes, close relations to the one left at old Mr. Frampton's feetreposing on thegrass. But Is this Everard Corbett? This the hstadadme lad who, five years ago we saw waiting" for -the train, in that pleasant English land scape, with a face that was all alight with hope, and honest, kindly, noble eyes, brimful of the heart's devotion and love? The square forehead, the square head are there, as are also the well formed nose and chin ; but the once thicE clustering curls are gone at the temples, while the eyes are sunken, and there are "busy wrinkles" about the mouth. Can five year3 have done all this? Five years of study, night and day. Some men take to study as Other men take to drink, to wine out in some degree the past, and drown the remembrance of a greatorrow. Strong of frame, however, though a little stooping in the'shonlders, Ev erard Corbett for Everard Corbett It is reclines back in his reading chair, with a cigar between his lips, .and a sad, sad smile about his mouth". "Well, there, yoa have it all now," he said, continuing the conversation he was holding With his friend. "Yoa know with what hopes I left India, where-1 had arrived only ju3t in time to see my dear father breathe his last. Those hopes were all blighted all for.Burely no. man ever loved as-I did, with so entire and perfect a love. But what Is the good of my talking on such a theme to yoa, Jefferson ? A selfish old cynic like yourself can't be expected to nnderatand such things." "That's just where yod are clean out, my boy!" responded Mr. Jeffer son, delivering himself, at the same (time, of a thin column of pearly smoke. "It is having understood such things deeply that makes a man what they call a synia. Poor child ren!" he added, In a kindly tone, "for you were both children then ; it was very ead to have parted with life so early. And so that bejewelled gentleman we met yesterday la the Parks was her brother?" Everard nodded. "No likeness?" Everard's pale face flushed IndFg dTgnantly. "Allripht! all right!" said the American surgeon ; "likenesses don't always run In families. My mother was called the Boston belle, not be cause of her tongue, but her beauty. I reckon I took considerably after my father." - a He laughed a sort of a silent laugh that was peculiar to him, knocked the ash of his cigar off against the arm of the chair, and went on. "That glittering gentleman what did you say his name was ?" "Sir Philip Wehtworth." "Beckon he has lighted the candle at both ends in the shape of health, at least. No friend of yours, Ever ard, my boy ; when he came across you he looked as pleased as if he'd trodden on a rattlesnake." "We were not friends. He was a had brother to her harsh, cruel, and unfeeling; that is enough forme." "Quite enough, and something over. But telrme who was the lady he was talking to?" ( "The lady In the carriage?" "Yes ; the handsome gipsy-looking woman, with those superb diamonds, , tti-Mfrtl hap aTa2 "-a is ?hc pool fhlflffa ' to admire. I've seen nothing more brilliant or more deadly out of the head of a cobra. You see, I keep to my snake similes ; somehow they seeqi appos ite. I ?peak as a student of character." "That lady was hone other than Mrs. Mathew Rockwood." What wife to the Mathew Rock wood who made such a splendid haul out of one of our Nevada silver mines? He is chairman of I ddht know "how many companies In't he? and prompter of I don't know how many more! 2Co wonder hi rr w ?v3 --aJ .-J,,Ij-M-.-H--wtrv. kq-h "Mr. Bock wood is a daring specu lator, but he mny carry his pitcher to the well once too often. There are many rumors afloat." "Pooh ! If what I hear of the man be true, when the pitcher gives signs of cracking he'll entrust it to some one else's keeping. At least, so says your friend Frampton. Fine old fel low that carries his yeara as easily a a bird does his feathers. Charming daughter, I hear." Everard answered briefly. "She is considered to be so. You will have an opportunity to form your own opinion, as we dine there to-day. By-the-bye, you will meet another dear friend of mine my whilom tu tor, the Reverend Francis Mildmay." "What! the jolly rector, whose rod was confined to the fish ? You've of ten mentioned him. Is be at Bripsey still?" "Xo; he left there long ago, for some better living ; or, one, at least, where there was even better fishing. A delightful old boy ; I now you'll like him." "It's enough for me that you speak well of him; that at once opens one of the side doors of my heart. But hilloh!" bringing down his legs from the table and consulting his watch ; "if we are to dine at eeveh, it's time we put on the war-paint. I am off to my hotel ; where shall we meet?" "I'll pick you up ; it's all in my way." Everard laughed. "I prom- 1 e you a ptsnnsu.. uiuuer, auu as you've an eye for beauty, I think you will be more than gratified." The friends shook hands, and part ed Mr. Jefierson Fane, who would have been equally at home, ki an In dian wigwam as In a London drawing room, and vice versa, to adorn his tall and handsome person ; whlleEverard Corbett returned to his chair, and, pondering over the past conversation, was goon lost in painful thought. His reverie was disturbed by a knock at the door. "Come in!" And there entered a brisk, bright lad. with the word 'sharpness' writ ten all over his features. "Oh! is that you Tom?" said Ev erard, a3 he glanced round. "You want two days' holiday, I think; Have yon arranged with the other clerks aboiii yoar work ?" - "AH smooth, air. My turn now, their's text time." are going? I had no idea that poor old Mrs. Bleek was an aunt of yours." "A grandmother!", put In Tom, quickly. , "Her daughter married my father, and" that's- how the Bleeks get Intermingled with the Bromptons. I'm her only relative -now ; arid It won't doj you know, sir, to throw a chance away." "Certainly not. Here are a couple of sovereigns for you to spend on- the road. Remember me to your grand mother ; we were old friends." The raiart clerk touched hi3 front hair gleefully, as he retired ; and again slnkiqg back into his chair, the young lawyer, shading hia eyes with If)' Jv-ft his hands, wandered back info th( realms of the past. CHAPTER XXLX. . THE SPIDER AND THE FLY. . leaving the Park9 by the Albert Gate, a gentleman, riding a splendid bay horse, and closely followed by a well-appointed groom, took his way to Knightsbridge G??eri. and dis mounted before Tattersall's. Throwing the bridle to the groom, with directions to keep the beautiful animal on the move for she was hot, and her satin-like pkln was here and there streaked with foam he entered the vard. It was evidently what Is called a quiet dsy. A few gentlemen, rejoicing in trousers so tight about the knees thai they fitted like a dirty skin, were loitering about, each carrying a straw in his mouth, and exhaling perfumes of the muck-heap and the stable. One and all knuckled their low foreheads as the gentleman passed beneath the archway, and gazed after him with admiring glances. A right good plucked un he Is ; lost thirty thou' (thousand) Mast Dar by, by backin Dragonfly !' remarked one of the loungers, a personage with a face that would have been deeply pock-marked but that, with a pardon able vanity, he had carefully covered it with a mask of dirt. 'Ye? ; and he picked up twice as much at h'Ascot!' remarked another of the loungers, a little dried-Up man, whose legs took snch an outward curve that hl3 body seemed to rest upon the letter O; 'but he no more could make a book bis-self than I could write one.' You're right there, Billy!' put in a third party ; 'it's the lawyer as does it. There's a Ted, if you like ! There ain't a dodge as Mr. Rockwood isn't up to, and that chap's in luck who gets the straight tip from him ! 'Tip be blowed!' growled the gen tlemen with the circular legs. 'The lawyer knows as much of the pints of a 'oss as I do of b'a5ieronorny !' 'Pints of a 'oss!' and the Individu al with the dirty countenance spat contemptuously on the ground. 'That for the pints of a "oss ! It's the fig gers as does it! and the lawyer's got a ead as long as that there Putney 'bus, and as full inside. Yet; as I said afore. Sir Philip is a plucked 'an.' And If he don't take keer. an' keeps muohof the lawyer's company, j said Mr. Bhwlcps; with an evil grin that would have become the couhten- kcnce-oi-a--chIaipaBZSev?h,e'II be-so jolr Iy well plucked, that he'll 'ave no more feathers on him than I've got on the back of my 'and.' And he held it out a3 if for inspection. But Ihey are friends,' observed the gentleman with the unwashed coun tenance. 'A pal's a pal, isn't he?' 'Not when It comes to figgers. I ain't one o them as wants to run down my specious, (species), but when It comes to a matterof figgers figgers in three columns, with . L writ a top of 'era I'm blest if I'd trust the h' Arch bishop o' Canterbury I mean if a 'oss waain ques'chin !' Let us follow the gentleman whose appearance has called forth these pro found remarks, and who, as the read er i3 now aware, is no other than Sir Philip Wentworth. Not the Sir Philip Wentworth of five years ago all must .suffer a change In that period of time; but here was a man no longer young In appearance, t least ; the sallow face deep lined ; the eyes dull and blood shotten ; the heavy moustache alrea dy threaded with gray. The expression of- the face, too, was changed. It had a contracted, nar rower, meaner look a look of law cunning, sharpened by avarice; that harmonized but ill with the animal Ism of the mouth. He turned to the left at the entrance of the yard, and, ascending some stairs, entered the room known as the Subscription Room, which", like the yard, was comparatively empty The person he sought, however was there, seated at one; of the tables, busy with many papers. T't.t na,:nn Ii-rar rtn a a Hio flthpr! "" , . , . . j j came toward him. and showed a croon looking though somewhat freckled face, framed by hair, golden and curly, and finished off by a-carefully trimmed beard of flaxen hue. Five years have madesiight change in Mathew Rockwood. The same sharp, eager, hawk-like glance, the same mobile features," the same half-jocular, half-sneering ex pression about the mouth".- It Is evident a 'clear conscience' Is not always a necessity to preserve the health of the body. What's the matter?' he asked, as the Baronet drew a chair to the table andeatdown; anything gone wrong? They havsn't scratched Flying Polly, I hope?' He alluded to a horpe, one of the racing favorites. Sir Philip replied, with an oath. D n Flying Polly! When a riiah insults you, what would you'do?' . Bring an action,' said the lawyer, promptly, 'if his words were actiona ble - " " 'Bet if he speaks no words only looks them wbai than ?' Rockwood shrugged his Ehoulders. - 'Put np- with It. I never heard of a man gatting damages for a scowl or a frown. I suppose you are alluding to Mr. Corbett?' A string of oaths from the Baronet. The supercillicu3, sneering bound ! I met him in the park just now. He was one of a mob of fellows, who were about old Frampton's carriage, W YOL. 21 NO. 41. I but backed out directly I approached, ; and passed me at a gallop, saying something to the man at his side that made him laugh, then wheel round In his saddle, and look at me. I should like to horFe.whtp him. 'That's actionable!' said the lawyer, quietly. 'Duly he would get the damages ; always, provided there was ho retaliation, and he didn't horse whip you. ; Sir Philip frowned, end pulling at his long moustache, bit it .savagely. I would kill him, if I couW! I hate the fellow ! 'And If I were you, I'd let it stop there. If we killed every one we hated, we fchonW thin what Is called tna anr.ln f rnTa1 ,rTifcf r?ot,KTr T3oV ' Bide your time and make no noise abont it! That's my maxim! There never wbs a salt of armor yet that hadn't some weak joint In. It. That bully, Achillea, thought h.mself in vulnerable, but Paris's arrow caught him In the heel. Watch and wait. Something's sure to turn up. Now for the matter in hand, for, with me, business is business. I suppose it concerns little Totty Fay?' 'It does,' absented the other, still dark and scowling. 'You want to get rid of her ?' The lawyer had to put the question a second time, before ne got tne re luctant admission. Well. I suppose I do. Suppose you do! Stop! we've no time for sentiment. This Is how the matter stands. You bring a girl to London we won't discuss the wisdom of such a proceeding; it's too late to do that now. You procure heran en gagement to do the 'light fantastic' at the Royal Chickabiddy Theatre, give her a house, a brougham, a poodle-dog i and a parrot. All is sunshine and pearl-powder, when you meet Lady Caroline Somer?, with high connec tions, heaps of money, parents wil ling. Smash goes the Brompton toy, while down coes the scale that holds the moposses' (money), 'and Cupid kieks the beam. Isn't that about the size of it?' 'What am I to do?' asked Sir Phil ip, savagely. . Give Totty an annuity Something small, of course or, what i3 better, a sum of ready cash. They'll none of V nm rtfrf a"ft Van f- Vwtt I 'She will. The girl adores me.' Rockwood laughed then in his usual bantering vsy, apologized. 'Excuse me. Sir Philip, but lam an old fellow, and you are a young one. A girl of eighteen adores nothing but fh'er" own face In'tbe looking-glass especially young ladiea whose educa tion has been completed at the Chick abiddy Theatre. But there's some- I thing behind all this,' be said, grave ly, while he scanned the" Baronet's false and shifty countenance. 'Has the girl any hold upon you any writing?' Sir Philip struck his fisl Sown on the table. 'I wish I had never learned how to hold a pen.' 'Many will echo" fAniwish.' said the lawyer, drily. 'Prom ise of marriage ?r 'Well, no, not exactly ; but letters letters to that effect.' 'Do you know where they are kept? 'Somewhere in the house, of course. I know Totty she wouldn't part with one of them.' 'The first ihing you've got to do Is a bit of Innocent bnrglary. Find out the place of deposit, and then, one twist of a skeleton key, one blaze from a candle, and your heart1 he empha sised the word meaningly 'will be relieved from the weight veer folly has laid upon it.' There was & silence for some mo ments. Sir Philip was the first to speak. 'You don't know Totty,' he said. 'When roused, she's capable of any thing.' And can do nothing, once yoa've secured yoer written folly. A great mistake of Shakspeare to have made Dogberry an illiterate watchman of Messina. It is the great ones of the land the grandees, the swells in pur ple and fine linen who write them selves down asses every day in the yeari Don't be angry , , , - -L the Somers match is the very thing yoa want. Money and high connections but, above all, money ! And it doesn't stand to reason that a little ballot-girl should be suffered- t come between you and the reaiizstktn of yoar wish- e3.' You're a Job's comforter, Rock wood, returned the Baronef, sullen and gloomy. 'You pat thlngyin such a delicate way.' Business pare business!" was the answer. .There is no necessity to gild the gingerbread till we hang it up fa the public eye". Are you going down to The Lilacs now? Yes. Secure the letters that is move No. 1. Having- done that, make a quar rel about something that Is move No. f and fiiag out of the house., A wo man, especially if she adoret you and the lawyer grin-ned " sure to put herself in the wrong. 'This qutirreHing will not be diffi cult we've done nothing but quarrel latelysaid Sir Philip. "I never cams across sach a temper. 'AH the better. Let ber strangle the poodle,, and murder the parrot. smash the mirrors, and make a clean sweep of the chimney-piece said the unmoved lawyer; adding, 'only take care-she doesn't murder yon. "I won't answer for anything I wish I had "never seen the girl.---Who would have thought that a conn try girl, who, two years ago, scorned sim- I.CIUCXZS. FAIRBROTHER & HAGSEX Publishers Jfe Proprietor. r ADVERXI5LNG KATES. I Qsemca.ae rear- EscbHcceUag isca. pr year- IQce Inch, per month. ion I Each addttteaal Inch, per isonta- - " AH transient advertisements must be pal forln. advaace. OFFICIAL PAPEB OFT3TEC0UXTI pllcity itself, would come out strong In the way she does?' Ah ! thaft just It said the lawyer, consulting his watch and gathering up Bi3 papers. Yon impressionable young gentlemen are like children who gather berries from a hedgerow because they fook'fo pretty and nlca with their green surroundings. Once get them home, and you find ont to your cost you've been gathering poi son. Now, follow my advice; throw the girl overboard the sooner the bet ter ; kick up a row, and I'll come In as a mutual friend tie Love's wings, with a bit of red tape, and shut his mouth with a hit of sealing-wax. By the way. here's a letter Malyon gave me from his sister. She's with her husband, at the doctor's 'house on a visit. They desire to be remembered to you .ny thing more ?' asked Sir Philip: Why, yes old Balm wants loan Gift, you mean? 'Calf it what yon like 'a rose by any other name will smell as aweeL' Three hundred pounds. Tbrpe hundred dev'IlsT The daugh ters of the horse-leech wers reasona ble to these harpies, it Is alwayB the onecry 'More! more! morel" 'All goes well at Wlndl'estraw con tinued the unmoved lawyer; 'iicpa tient is as weU as can beezpeeied, and quite comfortable r A pause, followed by a sullen query from Sir Philip ' " " ' v How am I to find the money? I'll arrange it on the oH terms, you know.' 'Yes, I know paid Sir Phttlp, far from graciously. 'You most be get ting infernally rich, Rockwood? Who? I? Nonsense; it's alT mj good heart. Let's come down Into the yard; I've promised to look atahorib with the doctor 'Malyon? . . 'Yes. What a practice that fellow Is making, and what's, change money has made ! Never drinks bc5r in pri vate, and 13 never seen drank bat by his confidential valet. Talk about the lessons of prudence that poverty teaches ! Bosh ! It is prosperity thaS works the miracles look at the docJ tor! So saying the two gentlemen descended the stairs. Yes, look at the doctor", as ha stands there, sleek, shining, aad utterly re spectable, volubly discoursing' upon the points of a horse that one of the auctioneer's men has" been racing up and down for his approval and gratifi cation. The face Is no longer blotched and discolored, the eye no longer hu mid.' the hand no longer trembles. David Malyon has tasted the luxury of success. Fickle Fortune's wheel has,' Tor him, taken the right turn; his decorous brougham. With its pair of Iron grey?, rolls hither and thither over Ihe stones of Bays water and Bel gravia ; his name figures -on a door plate in Harley street, and he lives well, never mind how he lives ; In the' eyes of the world, David Malyon Is' eminently respectable, and a 'prosper ous gentlemen. All this in 2ve years? and why not? Which of us can answer for to-' morrow? who may say what the next rnoilth 'has In' store for him? Time works wonders ! (TO BE CONTXSUED. The Sea-Serpent. Tbat interesting specimen in natur al history, the sea-M-rpent, has been seen again, this time between' Malau ca and Penaug. The fortunate spec tators were the officers and passengers' of the steamship Nestor, who 'unani mously vouch for the fact. The eoni mander, John W. Webster, has pub lished a card on the eubjeot, from, whieh I take thefollowig account of the serpent : 'Being on the bridge at the time (about 10 A. 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